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Former Gloriavale members seek damages after Employment Court win against Labour Inspectorate

August 13, 2026: | RNZ | Jean Edwards | Nine former Gloriavale members are seeking damages and declarations of slavery and servitude following a court ruling that the Labour Inspectorate made legal errors…

Articles Legal: Employment Court

Inspectors knew of child labour concerns but excluded children from Gloriavale inquiry

August 13, 2026: | Stuff | The Labour Inspectorate made “numerous” legal errors when investigating serious allegations about working conditions at Gloriavale, including by explicitly excluding children from one of its inquiries, the…

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Gloriavale Cult Survivor Exposes Everything WRONG with New “Devotion” Doc

August 8, 2026: | Cult to Consciousness | Lilia Tarawa | Lilia Tarawa—granddaughter of Gloriavale founder Neville Cooper—shares her perspective on the new Paramount+ documentary Devotion, which offers unprecedented access inside the isolated…

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From cult to clean eating; meet the founder of Farm & Sea – Dan Nicholson

July 14, 2026: | REX | Dom Harvey | Dom talks with Dan Nicholson, founder of online real-food grocery platform Farm & Sea and former Gloriavale member, about growing up in the religious…

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Devotion: The Gloriavale Story – is it worth the watch?

July 4, 2026: | NewstalkZB | Karl Puschmann | A new three-part series by Dame Julie Christie. Our cameras exclusively enter the world of the controversial religious community of Gloriavale. Bound by a…

Articles Gloriavale Film/Docuseries

Sins of the father: Gloriavale leavers react to Julie Christie’s new documentary

July 1, 2026: | RNZ | Jean Edwards | Gideon Benjamin watched a Gloriavale leader’s on-camera admission about a failure to protect the Christian commune’s children. Anger rose inside him. When Gideon Benjamin…

Articles Gloriavale Film/Docuseries

Former Gloriavale member says new documentary misrepresents community

July 1, 2026: | NZ Herald | Mitchell Hageman | At 19, Dan Nicholson and his family left the controversial religious community and never looked back. He tells Mitchell Hageman his story, and…

Articles Audio Gloriavale Film/Docuseries

Former members challenge portrayal in Gloriavale series

July 1, 2026: | RNZ | Morning Report | Tension between the experiences of Gloriavale members and people who have left the Christian community have been exposed in a new documentary produced by…

Articles Education

Children’s Minister defends handling of Gloriavale child safety concerns

June 30, 2026: | RNZ | Action to address child safety concerns at Gloriavale Christian community was already underway when the Education Review Office formally raised them in writing, the Minister for Children…

Articles Audio Gloriavale Film/Docuseries

Gloriavale advocate questions agency coordination

June 30, 2026: | RNZ | Morning Report | An advocate for those leaving Gloriavale is worried the government agencies overseeing the isolated community aren’t working together. Liz Gregory from the Gloriavale Leavers’…

Former Gloriavale members seek damages after Employment Court win against Labour Inspectorate

Inspectors knew of child labour concerns but excluded children from Gloriavale inquiry

Gloriavale Cult Survivor Exposes Everything WRONG with New “Devotion” Doc

From cult to clean eating; meet the founder of Farm & Sea – Dan Nicholson

Devotion: The Gloriavale Story – is it worth the watch?

Sins of the father: Gloriavale leavers react to Julie Christie’s new documentary

Former Gloriavale member says new documentary misrepresents community

Former members challenge portrayal in Gloriavale series

Children’s Minister defends handling of Gloriavale child safety concerns

Gloriavale advocate questions agency coordination

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